Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:49:05 +1000, John Machin wrote: > > >>"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." >> >>Both of you please google("define: combination") > > > Combination: "a coordinated sequence of chess moves". > > "An option position that is effected by either a purchase of two long > positions or two short positions. The investor purchases a call and a put > (or sells a call and a put) with different expiration dates and/or > different strike prices." > > Or perhaps "in Scheme, a function call, consisting of a function name and > arguments written within parentheses." > > Yes, mathematically the definition of combination includes that order does > not matter. But that certainly isn't the case in common English. Now, > John, given the tone of the posts you are complaining about,
Wrong -- no complaint. Another quote: "It's a joke, Joyce!" > do you think > I was using combination in the precise mathematical sense, or the common > English sense? As in "Please don't get your combinations in a twist?"? > > (Hint: the very first definition Google finds is "a collection of things > that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities ". > Not a word there about order mattering or not.) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list